Improvement in axles for vehicles



M. CHAPIN.

Improvement in Axles for Vehicles.

N0.128,852. PatentedJu|y9,1872.

I liwenio 4M. PHOTlj-l/T/MGRAP/I/L' 0a ACX/GSEUR/VE'S PROCESS) MARVIN CHAPIN, OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT- lN AXLES FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,852, dated July Q, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, MARVIN GHAPIN, of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage and Wagon Axles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an axle for vehicles, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section, of my axle.

A represents the main body of the axle, formed with a spindle, B, on each end. The axle Ais made in such a manner that its crosssection resembles an X, the concave portions being on the upper and lower sides of the axle,

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An axle for vehicles, when constructed as set forth-that is to say, a solid piece or bar of metal fluted above and beneath its center, and having parallel sides, as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. MARVIN OHAPIN.

Witnesses:

A. J. FosTnR, J. I. MILLER.' 

